Birds to See in Belize in May
79 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
79 bird species on our list for Belize are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, White-winged Dove, Roadside Hawk and Cattle Egret. New this month: Black Tern, American Avocet, Great Horned Owl and Black-billed Cuckoo and 1 more.
Leaving after last month21
- Gray Catbird
- Baltimore Oriole
- Purple Martin
- Ovenbird
- Peregrine Falcon
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Merlin
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Painted Bunting
- Cape May Warbler
- Northern Shoveler
- Mourning Dove
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Forster's Tern
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Lincoln's Sparrow
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Stygian Owl
Asio stygiusLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(29)Present outside the breeding season
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Sep–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(21)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Apr–Jun
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Nov–May
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Jan–May
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Apr–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly May
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made